Elevated railway.



No. 642,832. Patented Feb. 6, I900. L. ANDERSON.

ELEVATED RAILWAY.

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LEE ANDERSON, OF PARIS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ROBERT P. MAYO,OF SAME PLACE,

ELEVAT E D RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,832, dated February6, 1900.

Application filed June 15, 1899. Serial No. 720,727. (No model.)

T0 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, LEE ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paris, in the county of Lamar, State of Texas, have in-Vented certain new and useful Improvements in Elevated Railways; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railways in genoral and more particularly tothat class known as elevated railways; and it has for its object toprovide a cheap and efficient structure both of the trackway and cars,and one in which excessive bracing may be omitted, in which a singleline of posts may be employed, and in which the usual heavy trackrailmay be substituted by a lighter form, which will have the additionalfunction of a stringer for the structure.

A further object of my invention is to dispense with the necessity ofties and to provide an arrangement and form of vehicle which will beadapted to curves and will be securely held in place while in motion.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a transverse section of an elevated trackway constructed inaccordance with my invention, the supporting-posts and vehicles thereonbeing in elevation. Fig. 2 is a side View of one of my cars, showing theinner side, which lies next the track-supporting structure, showing alsothe track-rails at one side of the structure and, in section, thebogies. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a pair of cars, showing their mutualconnection.

Referring now to the drawings, in operating in accordance with myinvention I erect a trackway comprising rails a and 6, each of whichconsists of a straight vertical web a, the flange of each railprojecting beyond but one face of the web only, as shown. These rails aand b are supported at a distance of approximately two feet apart andparallel upon a single line of posts d, which may be solid or may bebuilt up, as shown, in which latter event they each consist of a baseportion comprising parallel uprights e and f, having suitable bracing gand connected at their tops by means of cross-pieces h.

Extending upwardly from the uprights e andf and engaging the outer facesof their upper portions are additional uprights 2' and 70, connected attheir tops by means of crosspieces Z and adjacent their bottoms bycrosspieces m, which latter lies aboie the crosspiece h. The cross-piece71 extends beyond the uprights e and f to engage uprights 'i and 70, afinal cross-piece n engaging the uprights e and f and the lower ends ofuprights 'i and 7s.

The webs c of rails a and b are bolted against the outer faces of theupper ends of "the uprights 1; and is with the flanges outwardly. Therails and their webs thus form stringers from one post to another, theheight of the webs being such as to give a rigidity to the structurewithout the use of ties and similar expensive superstructure.

At a suit-able distance below the rails a and b, and secured alsoagainst the outer faces of uprights land is, are fiat plates 19 and q,forming stringers from one post to the next, as also bearing-rails forhorizontally-rotating bearing-rolls hereinafter described.

Operating in connection with the trackway thus described is a series ofcars 0' and 8, connected in pairs, as shown in the drawings. Connectingthe cars of each pair adjacent each end thereof is a cross-beam 15. Aneyebolt u is passed downwardly through the beam 15 and the car, and hasits lower end connected with the bottom of the car to preventwithdrawal. One of these eyebolts a is arranged at each end of the carand adjacent the inner curved face thereof, as shown, a second eye bolt1; being arranged adjacent each of the eyebolts a, with its eye inalinement with the eyes of said bolts, the bolts 0 lying against theupper faces of the beams 15 and being extended longitudinally thereofand then bent downwardly over the outer ends of the beams, from whichpoints they are extended downwardly through the cars and are attached tothe under sides of the latter. Passed through the alining eyes of thebolts just described and upon each car is a bar w, acting to tie thebolts together and prevent their withdrawal from the beams. Pivotallyconnected with each beam t is the frame of a bogie-truck n, in which arejournaled two wheels 0 upon a common axle and adapted to run upon therails a and h. The frames or casings w. of the bogies are slotted at pin a horizontal plane, and through these slots is passed a draw-bar 1*,which draw-bar is perforated to receive the lower ends of the pivots orkingbolts 8', through the medium of which the frames are pivotallyconnected with the beams 25. It will be seen that the draw-bar isrigidly connected with the beams 25 on account of said draw-bar beingbolted at each end to one of said beams. The frames being each securedbya single bolt are pivotally connected. In Fig. 3 a separate draw-baris secured to each frame. This may be considered advisable under someconditions.

Extending longitudinally of the cars and having their ends connectedwith the crossbeams t are braces 15, located intermediate the bars 20and the king-bolts of the bogies and adapted to prevent displacement ofthe crossbeams.

Journaled in suitable brackets it upon the inner faces of the cars itand t" and midway of the ends thereof are bearing-rollers y, whichrollers are so positioned as to engage the rails 27' and q and bearagainst them, said rails thus preventing excessive sagging of the carsand also the engagement of the inner face of either car when on theinner side of acurve.

It will be seen that my structure enables the employment of very shorttrack-curves,

that the inward swaying of the cars is pre constructions andarrangements, and that I may employ whatever material may prove ofadvantage, without departing in any manner from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In an elevatedrailway, the combination of a trackway and supporting means,of trucksadapted to the trackway, cross-beams pivotally connected with thetrucks, and cars suspended from the ends of the cross-beams through themedium of eyebolts, one of which bolts is passed through the end of itsrespective beam and downwardlythrough the car and with which the lowerend is connected, the other eyebolt having its eye in alinement withthat of the first-named bolt and being passed outwardly and downwardlyfrom the end of the beam and through the car to connect with the lowerportion thereof, and a rod passed through the alining eyes of the boltsof each car.

2. In an elevated railway, the combination of a trackway and supportingmeans,of trucks adapted to the trackway, cross-beams pivotally connectedwith the trucks, and ears suspended from the ends of the cross beamsthrough the medium of eyebolts, one of which bolts is passed through theend of its respective beam and downwardly through the car with which itslower end is connected, the

other eyebolt havingits eyein alinement with that of the first-namedbolt and being passed outwardly and downwardly over the end of the beamand through the car to connect with the lower portion thereof,a rodpassed through the alining eyes of the eyebolts of each car,supplemental rails carried by the trackwaysupporting means, and rollscarried by the cars and adapted to engage the supplemental rails.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEE ANDERSON Witnesses:

G. J. JOHNSON, J. 1- KOHL.

